Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with H
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| Swedish | English |
| halv- | half-, step- |
| halvsyskon | half siblings |
| hammarsmed | forging smith |
| han | he |
| handelsman | merchant |
| handskmakare | glove maker |
| hans | his |
| hantverkare | artisan |
| hattmakare | hatmaker |
| hava | to have |
| havande | pregnant |
| hederlig | honorable, honest |
| helig | holy |
| hem | home |
| hemma | at home |
| hemman | farm, homestead |
| hemmansbrukare | farmer |
| hemmansägare | farmer, homeowner |
| hemort | residence |
| hemvist | domicile |
| henne | her |
| heraldik | heraldry |
| herr | Mr. |
| Herren | Lord |
| herrgård | manorial estate |
| hetsig feber | inflammatory fever |
| hinderlös | free, unhindered (to travel, marry) |
| hinderlöshetsbetyg | certificate of being unhindered |
| historia | history |
| hittebarn | foundling |
| hjon | pauper, person receiving social assistance |
| hjulmakare | wheelwright |
| hjärnblödning | stroke, cerebral hemorrhage |
| hjärtslag | cardiac arrest |
| hon | she |
| honom | him |
| hos | at, in, with |
| hosta | cough |
| hovrätt | circuit court of appeal |
| hur | how |
| hus | house |
| husar | light cavalryman |
| husbonde | farmer |
| husfader | head of household, father |
| husfolk | farmers, farm people |
| husförhör, husförhörslängd | clerical survey, household examination |
| husman | farm laborer (owned house but not land) |
| husmoder | female head of household, mother |
| hustru | wife |
| hyresgäst | lodger |
| håll och stygn | pneumonia |
| här | here |
| härad | civil district within a county |
| häradsrätt | district court |
| härstädes | here, at given location |
| hög | high |
| höger | right |
| höst | autumn |